I'm In My Mind A Lot. I

We're All One Thing, Like Cells In A Body. 'cept We Can't See The Body. The Way Fish Can't See The Ocean. And So We Envy Each Other. Hurt Each Other. Hate Each Other. How Silly Is That? A Heart Cell Hating A Lung Cell.

I Really Like When Critics Reveal Their Subjectivity And Their Humanity. I Prefer It When People Say Nice Things, But If They Say Not-nice Things Or Things That Are Critical, I'm Open To It And I Accept It. I Mean, I Have To Live With It. But I Do Think There's A Dishonesty In Not Acknowledging That You're A Person With An Opinion. I Think It's Almost Like A Power Grab.

Before You Start Production, You Have Characters You Have Created Without Actors In Mind, Then All Of A Sudden You've Got Actors. They Bring An Enormous Amount In Creating These Characters, And Creating The Dynamics Between The Characters That You've Written.

I Often Have A Theme In Mind When I'm Starting. I Know That I Want Everything To Be In A World Of, Say, Evolution, Or Guilt.

I Can Talk Endlessly About Characters, Or Why Someone Did This Or That, And What That Dynamic And Interaction Is. I Really Love It, And I Think That Actors Really Respond Positively To The Fact That I Like To Talk About That Stuff, Because I'm Not Sure That All Directors Do.